According to the CSUS, there was a 34 percent increase in Hispanic students from 2007-10. Some of these students are the children of immigrant parents. Others are the first ones in their families to attend college. Some are both.

With an educated workforce critical to the Greater Danbury economy -- and with about 25 percent of Danbury's population Hispanic, according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau -- Hispanic college graduates will likely play a big role in the area's future economic success.

To learn more about Hispanic education in Greater Danbury, be sure to read our coverage this Sunday, exclusively in the print edition of The News-Times.